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Report
Reducing foetal and lamb losses in young ewes (B.AHE.0318)
Published 2022
Final Report. L.LSM.0027
Lamb mortality is an important economic and welfare problem for the Australian sheep industry with 20 – 30% of lambs dying before weaning, 74% within three days of birth. A significant proportion of these lamb deaths and an unknown number of ewe deaths are related to dystocia (difficult birth). This review aims to describe the nutritional and non-nutritional pathways that may affect parturition and dystocia; quantify impacts on the Australian sheep industry, and; identify both opportunities to improve lamb and ewe survival and knowledge gaps requiring research and development…